Vote for Michael Turton as the best Taiwan politics blogger

We need an expat blogger winner in this blogging competition, and there’s no one better to win it for us than Michael Turton.

The Taiwanese Hi-On website is putting on a Taiwanese Politics and Economics blogging competition and someone has already nominated The View from Taiwan. Michael has made it to the second round, even though he hasn’t blogged about it. He has some serious competition and we’re a very tiny blogosphere, so he’s going to need al the help he can get. Here’s how to show your appreciation :

To vote for The View from Taiwan (Round 2), please access this site, find The View from Taiwan, click the icon Voting (投票) on the right, input the given verification code and then click send (送出).

The description for the blog :

部落格 :  The View from Taiwan

簡介 :  推薦Michael Turton的部落格The View from Taiwan。格主為一外籍人士，現定居台灣，任教朝陽大學。此部落格雖以英文書寫，但都是以台灣觀點出發，討論台灣的政治局勢，特別是在例如紅衫軍、 UN for Taiwan、入聯郵戳、總統大選等重大事件發生時，成為英語使用者了解台灣的網路source之一。此外，作者也常藉由旅行，描寫台灣的地理、歷史、文化、宗教等，網站更是充滿他在台灣拍攝的street photos(街拍照片)，非常具有台灣風味。Michael也常引用國外重要媒體有關台灣的報導，因此，即使非英語人士也能在此站找到寶貴的 reference。附帶一提，也許Michael任教英語之故，本站的文章內容譴詞用字優美精確而道地，迴異於其他許多組織鬆散的網路文章，可供英文寫作者學習及參考。

Quickly translated as :

Although this blog written in English, it includes a unique view of Taiwan, discussing Taiwanese politics, like UN for Taiwan, the presidential election, and other major events. He provides vital information for teaching English in Taiwan and includes a lot of street photos and stories. Michael travels alot, and blogs about Taiwan’s geography, history, culture, and religion. Michael often cited and corrects foreign media reports about Taiwan.

If you’re a blogger, it would be great if you can help by writing about this in your blog and spreading the word.

Go Michael!